'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.

There is an education of the mind / Which all require and parents only start. / But there is training of a nobler kind / And that's the education of the heart. / Lessons that are most difficult to give / Are Faith and Courage and the way to live.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.